Interventional Radiology has been slammed with patients the last couple of days, so Ron will not go until Monday when Dr. Parikh returns from his trip to India. As long as things check out there, it looks like we'll be going home sometime next week!
This afternoon a social worker stopped by to talk to Ron and will now begin to set things in motion. We will have a doctor who specializes in TPN home treatment begin working with us on how we will handle things at home. They will be adjusting his TPN over the course of several days to where he will be able to be off of it for a few hours at a time but they have to find the right balance to keep his blood sugar level consistently in check. They will also teach us how to maintain and flush all his drains, do wound care, record all output, etc.
The drainage tube from the colonic fistula has put out virtually nothing but what they flush the tubes with for several days now so we are hoping he will be able to have this one removed on Monday. This would bring him down to 4 tubes. If things look really good, they may remove one more (the old g-tube that is now drain in colon). It would be great to go home with just three tubes to manage. We are also hoping that they will downsize the one accordion bag to a bulb which would be much less intrusive for Ron and easier to manage.
BIG NEWS.....today each time we went for a walk, Ron was able to walk the entire distance without any assistive device!!!!! NO WALKER!!!!! Huge surprise to me! He neglected to tell me that when I was at work yesterday he worked on this with PT. They were pleased enough with his stability and strength that they okayed him to continue on his own!!! And he is walking the same distance each time as what he had been with the walker! Pray he will continue to build strength and stamina.
Thank you for your continued prayer support!
Love, Christie
"For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ." Hebrews 3:14 NLT
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